Würmer Antihelmintika

Anthelmintics or antihelminthics are a group of antiparasitic drugs that expel parasitic worms helminths and other internal parasites from the body by either stunning or killing them and without causing significant damage to the host. They may also Würmer Antihelmintika called vermifuges those Würmer Antihelmintika stun or vermicides those that kill. Anthelmintics are used to treat people who are infected by helminths, a condition called helminthiasis.

These Würmer Antihelmintika are also used to treat infected animals. Pills containing anthelmintics are used in mass deworming campaigns of school-aged children in many developing countries. Antiparasitics that specifically target Ascaris worms are called ascaricides. The ability of parasites to survive treatments that are generally effective at the auf der Haut FotoWürmer Antihelmintika is a major threat to the future control of Würmer Antihelmintika parasites in small ruminants and horses.

This is especially true of nematodesand has helped spur development of aminoacetonitrile derivatives for treatment against drug-resistant nematodes, as well as exploration of antibiotics use against their endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria. The resistance is measured by the " fecal egg count reduction " value which varies for different types of helminths.

Treatment with an antihelminthic drug kills worms whose phenotype renders them susceptible to the drug, but resistant parasites survive and Würmer Antihelmintika on their "resistance" genes.